Well, Bill, This Makes Me Want to Take a Pill
So today is . . . Garfield. Oh, Garfield. Garfield, oh it pains me to say it ... sucks. It's not funny, not cute, not topical, there's little variety, and ... ugh, it's just plain awful.
Why is this so hard for me to say? Because when I was 8 or 9, I loved Garfield. I was so jealous of a friend of mine who had all these Garfield books. They were numbered, and each rectangular book (maybe 5 x 11") had a different color. You could order them out of the Weekly Reader inserts, and I might have had one or two, but my friend had all of them!!! My parents figured if they were spending money on books, it should be for actual books, not comics. Although I also remember I did order this really awesome book about the Muppet Show. After I placed that order, I was so anxious for it to come in, I was excited to go to school for weeks (I had no concept of 6 to 8 weeks for delivery).
Anyway, now Garfield sucks (and they made a movie??). Here's today's:
So, did Garfield just get worse over the years or has my sense of humor matured over the past 23 years? If I saw the Muppet Show today, would I think it sucked? < < < PIGS IN SPACE > > > hee hee. Or those old dudes, Waldorf and Statler, making cranky remarks from the balcony!! Sad to say, this is still funny. I am getting a little chuckle thinking about it. Or what about the Muppets Take Manhattan? Kermit is in the hospital and the doc (Linda Lavin, I believe) pushes and twists his snout, and winds up all his legs. "Yep, no doubt about it, you have amnesia!" Or when he goes to work at that advertising firm with soap campaign: "Soap: It Gets You Clean." Or they go to the diner: "Something from the grill Jill?" "No Gil, meat makes me ill."
Whah ha ha ha ha! That all really makes me laugh! I'm not being sarcastic or mean like normal. I love that shit! So, obviously, my sense of humor hasn't done a lot of maturing; it looks like Garfield has done a lot of sucking.
Why is this so hard for me to say? Because when I was 8 or 9, I loved Garfield. I was so jealous of a friend of mine who had all these Garfield books. They were numbered, and each rectangular book (maybe 5 x 11") had a different color. You could order them out of the Weekly Reader inserts, and I might have had one or two, but my friend had all of them!!! My parents figured if they were spending money on books, it should be for actual books, not comics. Although I also remember I did order this really awesome book about the Muppet Show. After I placed that order, I was so anxious for it to come in, I was excited to go to school for weeks (I had no concept of 6 to 8 weeks for delivery).
Anyway, now Garfield sucks (and they made a movie??). Here's today's:
So, did Garfield just get worse over the years or has my sense of humor matured over the past 23 years? If I saw the Muppet Show today, would I think it sucked? < < < PIGS IN SPACE > > > hee hee. Or those old dudes, Waldorf and Statler, making cranky remarks from the balcony!! Sad to say, this is still funny. I am getting a little chuckle thinking about it. Or what about the Muppets Take Manhattan? Kermit is in the hospital and the doc (Linda Lavin, I believe) pushes and twists his snout, and winds up all his legs. "Yep, no doubt about it, you have amnesia!" Or when he goes to work at that advertising firm with soap campaign: "Soap: It Gets You Clean." Or they go to the diner: "Something from the grill Jill?" "No Gil, meat makes me ill."
Whah ha ha ha ha! That all really makes me laugh! I'm not being sarcastic or mean like normal. I love that shit! So, obviously, my sense of humor hasn't done a lot of maturing; it looks like Garfield has done a lot of sucking.
posted by big al at 8:18 PM
5 Comments:
Yep, you nailed it. I used to love Garfield too, but only until I got turned onto Calvin and Hobbes, and a few years later, Bloom County. Garfield was designed to be bland, broad, and easy to understand (even if there wasn't much to understand). Anything that tries to appeal to everybody is bound to suck.
This is your best series yet! I feel like I am in the cubicle right next to you with the Mayer of Saberville laughing at the unfunny Garfield...
LK
Very nice comment, LK! Glad to hear from you.
The only thing more boring than Garfield is golf on the radio. I wish Jon would just make a meal out of that fat cat...honestly, Garfield must go through a ton of cat litter the way that sucker eats.
John
Muppets Take Manhattan is the best!
My favorite line is the original ad for the soap: "It's just like taking an ocean cruise, but there's no boat and you don't actually go anywhere."
Oh yeah. I forgot about that one. Ha. What a funny movie! I also love it when all the Muppets split up, and Rolf the dog is running the kennel.
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